Rs 46 K cr initiative for new express highways, elevated roads: Govt

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PTI

March 5, 2018

UPDATED: March 5, 2018 18:35 IST

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The government has undertaken initiatives for building new express highways and elevated roads at an estimated cost of Rs 46,416 crore to ease traffic in major cities, Parliament was informed today.

Government has taken "new initiatives for development of new express highways and elevated roads for easing the traffic in major cities and strategically important cities in the country," MoS Road Transport and Highways, Mansukh Lal Mandaviya told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

The initiatives include Rs 10,500 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Rs 5,000 crore Delhi-Meerut Expressway, which are under execution, he said.

The minister said part of the stretches of proposed Rs 7,500 crore Dwarka Expressway are under bidding and detailed project report stages.